Walled Garden, Costerton House is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 March 2001. Walled garden, gardener's cottage.

Walled Garden, Costerton House

WRENN ID
wild-vault-ridge
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 March 2001
Type
Walled garden, gardener's cottage
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Late 18th century. Rectangular walled garden; tooled sandstone lower walls, brick upper walls, flat stone copes. Single storey lean-to gardener's cottage; harled and painted rubble.

COTTAGE: W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: entrance door off centre right (now contained within modern sunroom), small square window to right, bipartite window to far left and right flanks; small ashlar chimney stacks, projecting neck copes, replacement single can; adjoining new bungalow to S ELEVATION.

N ELEVATION: blank half gable.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: right hand side: small door to right, window to left; left hand side: now within new structure.

4-pane timber sash and case windows. Lean-to slate roof on original cottage. Replacement rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: thick stone walls, lower ceilings, smaller deeper, windows than newer part of property.

WALLED GARDEN: W (NOW PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: high brick and stone wall: small wooden door to left, ashlar surrounds, old metal door furniture; new wrought-iron entrance gate to right, replacement stone wall adjoining older cottage.

N ELEVATION: high brick and stone wall, flat ashlar copes.

E ELEVATION: high brick wall, stone copes; modern sliding metal gate to off centre left.

S ELEVATION: rubble wall, stone copes; partially demolished at W end to make way for modern bungalow.

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